A Query under the RTI has revealed that more than 20700 people have died in the last 5 years in Mumbai while traveling on the local trains...
On the Central Railway exactly 17553 lives have been lost between Jan'03 and Dec'07...
Western Railway tracks account for 3153 deaths between Mar'03 and Feb'08...
On an average over 10 people die everyday on the tracks..
Very sad !
Laluji, you have done wonders for Indian Railways in the last few years... this is something that you might want to look at too...
this is so scary.... any reasons why specifically in mumbai cause there is more traffic, more population and more frequent travellers i guess........ but this is so depressing i mean u never know if today when u start for work u ll come back or not...
ReplyDelete:( I am still reeling from the bus accident news.. which took 45 lives.. :(:(
ReplyDeleteLalugi have really turned around railways.. hope he dose something to educate ppl about dangerous sides of train journey so that ppl will take care from getting run over by trains...
ReplyDelete# Slip..
ReplyDeletemany reasons in mumbai i guess... overcrowding being one of the major ones..
# Pallavi...
very sad... that was..
# Xh...
i hope so...
10accidents per day on railway track..that too only in Bomaby alone!
ReplyDeleteThay do not say "Icredible india!"..just like that.
Even in a deadly train accidents in west(if ever it happens at all),seldome does soem dozen of people get hurt...sigh*.....
Anyway, who cares about huamn life here...its dirt cheap di...avaialbe dime a dozen.
well... i dont know whether u have seen the Mumbai ki local or not, but if u have then u will believe that we lack infrastructure to support that city...
ReplyDeletei guess Lalu isnt the key... but more of us, the people, to take care of others travelling with us.
A thought provoking post...
Cheers!!!
A am just watching 'Chak De' and i m thinking, we need more of this...
ReplyDeleteand yes.. We are Incredible India, watever ppl say to it... I salute my nation. :)
Cheers!!!
# FighterJet...
ReplyDeleteIts a li'il sad yes...
# Ankur...
I have traveled multiple times in the locals myself, and I don't think its only infrastructure...
And I have nothing against my country... I love India as much as you or anyone else does... maybe more !
my last comment wasnt for the post.. it was in response to a comment posted here...
ReplyDeletei by no means say tat u hold anything against it or ur post is such. if my comment made u think this way... then i am sorry :)
no worries...
ReplyDelete:)
hmmmmm...
ReplyDeleteeven i read this....saaad...ofcourse...but usually its the fault of individuals...who just cross tracks... to save time.....
visited ur flickr page. amazing shots...did not know whr to post this comment so writig here :)
ReplyDeleteलालूजी का ब्यान:
ReplyDeleteआप कदापी चिन्ता ना करें
अगले बरस इस संख्या में अवश्य बड़ॊत्री होगी
यह हमारा चुनावी वायदा है।
baap re..
ReplyDelete# Chakoli...
ReplyDeletedeaths (not natural) are usually a fault of individuals... one or many...
# Rashmi..
thanks..
glad you liked them..
# Dyslexicon..
hmm..
# Elusive..
yea...
yeah its scary to know abt da record...10 ppl dyin each day...bt wht abt da millions who r gettin crushed inside...its hell!!!
ReplyDelete# Happycology..
ReplyDeletehmm...
Hmmmm...
ReplyDeleteand sometimes...we pay for others fault as well:_))
really scary!
ReplyDeleteguess... people shud start understanding :-/